Comments on: The Offensive Pain of Grace

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:12:15 +0000

Romans 2 says some interesting things about this…

1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?

By: Che V.

Che V. — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:18:32 +0000

Love this post. Well done.
And, Joni, thanks for saying the things I struggle to say….
Having been on the receiving end of “confrontation of sin”, it is hurtful and destructive.
I KNEW that I had done things wrong, but my problem was I didn’t know how to find my way back, and all the people that I wanted to get help from figured they must keep confronting me….
I began to change when I let down my defensive guard enough to let God in. To let Him send the people that didn’t look at the sin, but saw ME……a hurting, sensitive person, who wants to understand, wants to do right, and is trying to deal with a huge suitcase full of issues.
One of the quotes that God gave me to hang on through the worst of it: “God is not obsessed with sin; He is obsessed with Love.” Graham Cooke

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:43:32 +0000

Former Leader,
I just wanted to add:
“………at the same time encourage them towards a life that will not leave permanent scars?”
Call me a cynic, but it seems to me that a life without permanent scars is a life un-lived. We can’t shield anyone, not ourselves, not our children, from the ugly parts of life. No matter how big we build a wall, it will come in through the cracks. I just went through the same things with my son and am gearing up to go through them with my daughter soon. We can only be there to hold them up when the storm comes in the same way the Father hold us when our storms come. Good luck my friend, I’ll be praying for you.

By: joni

joni — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:08:54 +0000

And you can pray. ) Prayer moves the hand of God. Trust Him to move in her life.. because guess what, He loves her and He has a plan and purpose for her life and He draws her to Himself.. He created her to know Him. Pray for her.. and love her and watch GOD transform her life.. maybe not in the way you want it to look, maybe not in the timing you want it to happen. But if you’ll trust Him and pray… I know He’s faithful!!